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By Caribbean News Now contributor MIAMI, USA -- Tropical Storm Andrea, the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the east-central Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. According to…

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- Living up to its tagline as “Simply Beautiful,” the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia has again risen to the top and has distinguished itself amid stiff competition as it…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday June 3, 2013 – The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on Saturday June 1, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Management Agency (CDEMA) has urged…

By Caribbean News Now contributor LONDON, England -- An all-party group of British members of parliament, established to further the interests of the Cayman Islands, should be closed down, a senior…

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin LaRocque, has welcomed the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in respect of the process to be…

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Thursday May 30, 2013 - Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says implementing a fast ferry service in the southern Caribbean is a risk the private sector must take, with…

WASHINGTON, USA -- US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) administrator Michele Leonhart and other federal officials on Tuesday announced the extradition of Alfonso Portillo, the former president of…

LONDON, England -- Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Dr Orlando Smith, set the record straight regarding some misperceptions about the financial services industry and the role the BVI plays in…

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Managing director of The Cancer Centre in The Bahamas, Dr Arthur Porter, has been detained by Panamanian authorities, along with his wife Pamela, several months after Quebec police…

CASTRIES, St Lucia -- President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Warren Smith, has emphasized the need for the adoption of economic principles of its first president and fiscal maturity and…

By Nerissa Golden BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- Premier of Montserrat Reuben Meade has called for a regional approach to deal with an increasing number of international regulations regarding financial…

. By Nerissa Golden BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- The government of Montserrat has released the first official report on the findings of the geothermal assessment conducted by Dr Graham Ryan of the…

FLORIDA, United States, Tuesday May 21, 2013 – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a federal grand jury has indicted a married couple for federal tax crimes in the Caribbean. The DOJ…

By Marcia Braveboy Caribbean News Now contributor PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- A thread of scandalous and potentially incriminating emails said to have been exchanged between top ranking government…

 PORTSMOUTH, Dominica -- The prime minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new student centre on the campus of Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM)…